419 scam: "Mr John Lee"<jlee@mail2world.com> HELLO FRIEND!!!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- contactjlee01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr John Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contactjlee01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 20:34:01 +0800
Subject: HELLO FRIEND!!!!

GOOD DAY.

I AM SENDING YOU THIS VERY EMAIL TO ASKED IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND AND RECIEVE NINE MILLION AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY ($9, 045, 000, 00) IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AT YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM IF ITS BEEN WIRED FROM Malaysia TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY?.

THIS IS TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER SYSTEM AND DOSE NO NEED ANY DOCUMENTS BEFORE REMITTANCE . SO WITH MY POSITION AS THE BANK CASHER/ACCOUNTANT, CONSIDER IT DONE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE I WILL COVER IT UP AND THE BANK WILL AGREED TO TRANSFER IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AS THE RIGHT BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS . BUT ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TRUST,HONEST,TRUTH AND FULL CO-OPERATION, SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND WITHIN A VERY SHORT LITTLE TIME.

ON THESE REGARDS, I NEEDS YOUR QUICK RESPONSE SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY AND WE BOTH HAVE 50% EACH SHARE.

THIS IS 100% REAL,SAVE AND RISK FREE BECAUSE THE BANK HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AND IT CANNOT BE TRACE ONCE THIS FUND IS MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BANK REQUIRE
YOU ARE TO FILL THE FORM BELOW, AS A WRITTEN APPLICATION TO CLAIM THE FUND,AND OTHER REQUIREMENT SUCH LIKE IDENTITY WOULD BE COVERED UP BY ME OK.
PLEASE FILL UP CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND IT BACK TO US

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY.................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

EMAIL;.............................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:...........................................

OCCUPATION......................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS....................................

TEL NO:...........................................

ONCE I RECEIVED THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS, l WILL IMMEDIATELY PROCESS THE COVERY DOCUMENT HERE IN Malaysia AND TABLE IT DOWN TO THE BANK MANAGER FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER AND YOU WILL RECEIVE IT WITHOUT ANY DELAY, WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS REGARDING ON YOUR TRUE CO-OPERATION WITH ME.Do contact me only at my private email address:contactjlee01@gmail.com

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.John Lee
THE ACCOUNTANT

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